Rostro L. M. Rostropovich, M. L. Rostropovich, M. L. Rostropowitsch, M. Rostropovich, M. Rostropovitch, M. Rostropowitsch
Мстисла́в Леопо́льдович Ростропо́вич / Mstislav Leopol'dovič Rostropovič Born: March 27, 1927, Baku, Azerbaijan Died: April 27, 2007, Moscow, Russia Russian cellist and conductor, married to the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya. Widely considered to be one of the greatest cellists of the 20th century.